The Monday Read
Happy Halloween edition I got my Transferwise card this week (not sure when I’ll actually get a chance to use it) but not much else to report. Here are new posts on the forum this week: It’s been pretty active recently. Nice to see 🙂 This week’s links Well, this seems completely unworkable: Japan plan […]
The Monday Read
Dude, where’s my pension? edition I just realised I don’t remember getting my nenkin teikibin this year. The pension update should arrive by postcard around your birthday every year. If you are not receiving them, best to contact the pension office and make sure your details are correct. Logging into the nenkin website I see […]
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Goddamn hayfever edition It’s not like I needed 2020 to be any more upleasant, but something in the air has been trying to kill me since Friday, and I am losing the will to live. How come these things always happen just as the weekend is starting, so you can’t seek medical help until several […]
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November temperatures edition My wife put the AC onto ‘heat’ the other day. Which is only about a week since it was last on ‘cool’. Is it too much to ask that the temperature be pleasant for a couple of weeks? A bit of a weird mix for you this week: This week’s links I […]
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National Census Edition I just did the census online, and it was great. Piece of cake, and much easier than the paper version. Hope they keep this option in the future too. Deadline is October 7th, by the way. If you haven’t completed it yet please do -it’s important for the government to have accurate […]
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Tropical storm edition There is a small shrine on an island off Oshika Peninsula in Miyagi. Every year on September 25th the head priest of the shrine hikes up the mountain and brings the god down to the temple. There is a festival and ceremony, and people come from all over Japan. They say if […]
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The Age of Suga edition So we have a new PM here in Japan. I like that he’s not an nth-generation politician. I think we should drop that lot in a lake somewhere. Otherwise I’m pretty agnostic so far. Show me the reforms! as Cuba Gooding Jr. said in that movie. This week’s links Pretty […]
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Cool and wet edition I am loving these lower temperatures, although the torrential rain is getting a bit old. Can’t please me, I guess! This week’s links Pray that you never have to depend on the kindness of bureaucrats: Bread & Roses: Welfare in the Age of Climate Change I couldn’t figure out if he […]
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Typhoon Haishen edition Hope everyone is safe out there. Looks like it might get hairy in Kyushu tomorrow! This week’s links This makes a lot of sense to me: Being Fascinated Coincidentally, I started buying these in my wife’s account earlier in the year: Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway buys stakes in Japan’s five leading trading […]
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Cooler temperatures prevail? Well, it is positively pleasant this evening -temperature in the mid-20s. Aaaah. I’ve had a lot of coaching requests recently. Seems like people are taking advantage of the current situation to get their finances in order. I’m a bit busy at the moment with a non-RetireJapan publishing project, but after that I […]